Thesaurus: flemish

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1. a. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.
2. n. The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.
3. adj. of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
4. n. an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
5. n. one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
6. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous]Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side. -- Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. -- Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick. -- Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. -- Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other. -- Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard.
7. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.-- n.
8. j:100 n. an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium n. one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch a. of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture